Budget Hacker Pillows

Travel back with me to see the damage your extreme frugality was wrought. I'll loan you lunch money at 15 percent. What's percent? Oh dear. There's still time to change. You're right. That desperate kid would've paid at least 20 percent.

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

"Gas. Regular. Premium. Super. You don’t want to know."

"I can always tell when Philip is working on family finances. A 'cursor' appears on both sides of the computer screen."

'It seems to work, I couldn't afford a blackberry!'

'If by 'great', you mean 'terrible', then yes, we have plenty of great beers for under $4.00 a six-pack.'

"You need to justify your own existence first."

'The government's right. Not counting, food, clothing, energy, shelter, health care, or transportation, inflation is hardly going up.'

"I want you to know that emotion overrode reason."

"How is the budget forecast looking?"

'According to the budget, we'll have to count on body heat to keep the offices warm.'

"This is the World Bank? Somehow, I had pictured it differently."

"I'm on a tight budget. Make it look like I cut at myself."

Depressed Businessman at Office Christmas Party.

'The scariest story I know is escalating health care costs.'

'I wonder how the economy is doing.'

Excess Baggage: Sooner or later all those vacation bills come due.

"The good news is that profits are up 76%. . . The BAD news is that costs are up 83%."

'I couldn't imagine bringing a child into the current fiscal-cliffy world.'

"This guy might like fiddling with numbers, Dad – but is he any good at sums?"

You can't fool all of the people all of the time, especially with our advertising budget.

'Our new simplified energy bills just have a few options starting with 'Grossly inflated' and progressing to the premium 'Bloodsucker' package. . .'

'If only you could do this with a cow once in a week, we'd save a lot of money for the food delivery service, Rupert!'

"We're going to have to save some money...and one way is to rewrite the rules on expenses claim."

'Wow, my own desk!'

Small Businesses Go Under.

"This is Thompson, he has a black belt in budget control."

Sales - We could try a 'free offer' but it would cost us.

Homeless count.

'I said we've got to lift up our numbers! I did not say to turn a loss of 150.000,- into a loss of 280.000,-!!'

'The legislation HR2109 would increase state aid to education. Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for you.'

'He's put in a tender to run down public services.'

7.9% Fewer Drones

Serious bummer! The bank says I'm overdrawn.

Budget Munchies